Class SE-42-H before Napier Field HQ building, 1942. (TROY photo/Wiregrass Archives)
During World War 2, the skies over Great Britain were filled with too many German airplanes, and the weather was too inclement, for pilot-cadets to train safely. So they trained in colonies like India and South Africa, but they also trained in the US from June 1941 to March 1943.
AT-6 trainers on Napier Field. (TROY…
The documentary highlights the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all-black female battalion to serve in Europe during World War II.
Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum will celebrate Women’s History Month with a virtual screening of the documentary “The Six Triple Eight: No Mail, Low Morale” at 1:30 p.m. on March 24.
The film, a Lincoln Penny Films production, focuses on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all-black female battalion to serve in Europe…
TROY alumni from the 1940s reunited for a dinner on campus the day before Homecoming.
The World War II-era Alumni Reunion this past Saturday sought to recreate the feel of the ‘40s for the graduates of what was then Troy State Teachers College.
The Troy University jazz ensemble played hits such as “It Had to Be You,” “Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree,” and “Georgia on My Mind” in between…